brewman1987
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Here is the update photo from today. Have the nem in my tank and has really started to grow back in full force. 
Protocol for using antibiotics to treat infected anemones ~Added to 7/30/14
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Jrsdaddy
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Hey guys I'm currently treating a mag that I got from DD last week. It arrived in good condition and started to look even better during the dripping process. I placed it directly in my DT since I have no other anemones in the tank and since it seemed so healthy. The first 3 days it continued to look good and my clowns went in it the first 2 mins of being in the tank, then out of nowhere in suddenly deflated for the first time halfway through the day time light cycle. Since I had Cipro on hand and a HT ready I took it out and began treatment last night, 250mg to 10g. It now looks worse then the day it was shipped. My question is should I boost the Cipro to 500mg or continue with 250 and hope for the best?
Tonight after 24hrs of Cipro
Saturday night before first deflation
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Tonight after 24hrs of Cipro
Saturday night before first deflation
Any help would be greatly appreciated
joshkirkland83
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Im with ya. Im in the first 24 of treating a sunburst.
OrionN
Moved on
Now that he is almost off the rock I would get the rock out. Use inert cup or something for him to attach to. The objective here is minimized the amount of bacterial in the treatment tank. LR have a lot of bacterial. Invariably some will be resistant to the med. if you start out with no other bacterial other than the infection the chance of cure is better
Brando5185
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New haddoni came in and he has 2 small tears around his mouth. His insides were bubbling out, he wont attach and his tentacles are not sticky. He is in a 10g treatment tank with cipro now. Should i be worried about the tears?
Brando5185
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Pics of green haddoni right after acclimating to qt tank.
Nem before lights out day 1
Nem morning of day 2
Nem after i got home from work today
Going to do a 100% wc before lights out and redose. Foot is planted to glass now, tentacles are getting sticky, but mouth is still gaping and has 2 tears right by its mouth.
Nem before lights out day 1
Nem morning of day 2
Nem after i got home from work today
Going to do a 100% wc before lights out and redose. Foot is planted to glass now, tentacles are getting sticky, but mouth is still gaping and has 2 tears right by its mouth.
I apologize if I'm not using the reference correctly. I'm asking about the dosage for using ciprofloxacin together with Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim.
This is from an old post of yours from 07/2014:
My last Blue Gigantea from DD, I treated with Trim/Sulfa. He relaped when I have to end treatment early. I put him back in TT and treat him with combination of Ciprofloxacin and Trim/sulfa. He is doing better despite a heat controller mal-function that got the tank temp up to 90 degree for a few hrs (in my QT reef system where I put this anemone in after treatment). Enough to crash the Xenia population I have there but I fixed that with 3 100% water change. The Gigantea seem to have a minor set back but doing well. I will update the thread later.
Using this combination is also mentioned at the beginning of the "protocol" sticky, with a max dosage of Cipro to 500mg/10gal and SMZ & TP to 800mg/160mg.
I was just wondering what dosage worked for you on the blue gig and what you recommend as the max dose.
This is from an old post of yours from 07/2014:
My last Blue Gigantea from DD, I treated with Trim/Sulfa. He relaped when I have to end treatment early. I put him back in TT and treat him with combination of Ciprofloxacin and Trim/sulfa. He is doing better despite a heat controller mal-function that got the tank temp up to 90 degree for a few hrs (in my QT reef system where I put this anemone in after treatment). Enough to crash the Xenia population I have there but I fixed that with 3 100% water change. The Gigantea seem to have a minor set back but doing well. I will update the thread later.
Using this combination is also mentioned at the beginning of the "protocol" sticky, with a max dosage of Cipro to 500mg/10gal and SMZ & TP to 800mg/160mg.
I was just wondering what dosage worked for you on the blue gig and what you recommend as the max dose.
OrionN
Moved on
That Gigantea did not make it. I did not remember treating him with both. If I wrote what you quote I must have but it though I change antibiotic because I knew later that Kevin at DD treated him with Cipro.
If I am treating an anemone right now and he does not response to one antibiotic I would change it to the other not both. If I know that he was treated before with one I would use the other antibiotic.
If I am treating an anemone right now and he does not response to one antibiotic I would change it to the other not both. If I know that he was treated before with one I would use the other antibiotic.
ThRoewer
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I have gone as high as 250 mg Cipro per 5 gallon with giganteas, twice the regular dose.
One made it and is doing fine now.
The other was still not well after the treatment so 2 weeks after the cipro treatment I did another round with Septra. I feel that one gave the anemone the rest.
I would say Cipro is the preferred antibiotic for giganteas. It also dissolves much better in saltwater than Septra.
